Author : Arthur Spindler
Publisher : UNSW Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Outwitting Hitler, Surviving Stalin by : Arthur Spindler
Download or read book Outwitting Hitler, Surviving Stalin written by Arthur Spindler and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of a Jewish electrician from Tarnow (b. 1917) who survived by passing as a Pole. He was saved by being given a job, in the town of Konskie, by Olga Goehlert. His involvement with the Armia Krajowa led to his receiving a military decoration. After liberation, Spindler was imprisoned for three years by the Russians as a Polish nationalist. Eventually he was reunited with his wife, the only member of his family left alive. In the face of continued Polish antisemitism, they emigrated to Australia.